Mother and Child: A Modern Madonna

George de Forest Brush

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

George de Forest Brush (American, 1855–1941). Mother and Child: A Modern Madonna, 1919. Oil on canvas, 43 1/2 x 35 5/8 in. (110.5 x 90.5 cm) frame: 57 1/2 × 50 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (146.1 × 129.2 × 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund and by subscription, 19.93. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Mother and Child: A Modern Madonna

Date

1919

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

43 1/2 x 35 5/8 in. (110.5 x 90.5 cm) frame: 57 1/2 × 50 7/8 × 5 3/4 in. (146.1 × 129.2 × 14.6 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right: "Geo. de Forest Brush / 1919"

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso: "Do not varnish this picture. wax it./ See that pine trees to the left/ are erect when hagnin [sic].--/ George De Forest/ Brush"

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund and by subscription

Accession Number

19.93

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